BostonStrategy.com tells the Story of how alliances formed among people working on the front lines with gang-involved youth and how, through those alliances, Boston began to take the steps that stopped kids from killing kids in the streets. A timeline provides a quick overview of the storys highlights.

The Players also speak for themselves: you can go directly to the individual stories and reflections of police and probation officers, streetworkers, clergy, prosecutors, city officials, the mayor, and university professorsall of whom were key partners in the collaboration. Two initiativesOperation Night Light and Operation Cease Fireform the core of the Boston Strategy. Numerous other programs have played, and continue to play, a critical supporting role.

We describe these Programs briefly and provide information on how to learn more about them.